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The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar: How to Blend Your Intuition, Intellect, and Emotions to Achieve Guitar Mastery

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Want to learn proven strategies that will help you sharpen your fingerstyle- guitar skills, practice more effectively, and silence the inner critic that can sabotage your performances? Playing the guitar requires a blend of intuition, intellect, and emotion, and the path to excellence can be a confusing one. In The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar, master guitarist and worldwide performer Adam Rafferty delivers the information you need to: Get rid of stage fright and perform well in any situationDevelop your own “voice” and touch on the instrument Find new performance opportunities Get out of a “guitar rut” Develop an effective practice routine Visualize and achieve your musical goals The strategies, real-life stories, and advice in this friendly, encouraging book will help you achieve true excellence in your guitar playing, as well as in life. Adam Rafferty plays onstage for thousands of people annually, performing at guitar festivals and concerts in over two-dozen countries. His YouTube guitar videos have gathered over twenty-million views. Jazziz Magazine hailed his solo-guitar CD “I Remember Michael” as one of its top-ten picks for 2011. Adam’s twenty-year apprenticeship with jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Mike Longo (of Dizzy Gillespie fame) brought him priceless musical knowledge, which Adam passes onto the reader in this, his first published book. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crescent Ridge Publishing, LLC (August 2, 2020)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 222 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1734575506


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 07


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.1 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.56 x 8 inches


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    • Fun, Practical, Reads Like a Novel, Self-Improvement / How-To Book for Fingerstyle Guitar
The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar by Adam Rafferty is an inspirational collection of practical advice on becoming not only a better fingerstyle guitarist, but a better musician and human being in general. This is NOT a method book with specific instructions and playing examples. It reads more like a non-fiction novel that you would read in your most comfy chair. The text is easy to read and flows well from topic to topic. Every section will provide you with ideas to improve your playing, organize your practice time, conquer your stage fright, connect with your audience, etc. I’d recommend this book for all skill levels, but especially for beginner and intermediate fingerstyle guitar players. Check out my in-depth YouTube video review ("Guitar Books Review #20: The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar by Adam Rafferty" by Joe McMurray) in which I objectively go through the book section by section. You can also hear the full review on "Guitar Books the Podcast" - Review #20. For context, I’m a professional player, teacher, author, and recording artist. If you are looking for ways to motivate yourself or to get yourself over a musical plateau, this book would be a great investment of time and money. It is a great supplement to other instructional books, video lessons, and in-person lessons. Spend 5 or 10 minutes reading prior to your practice session, waiting at the doctor’s office, or while traveling. The book is organized into three parts: “Your Soul,” “Your Craft,” and “Your Listeners.” Part One: “Your Soul” contains lots of ideas that you might find in a general self-improvement book. Most of the advice is not specific only to becoming a better guitar player. Adam recommends playing music that really speaks to you, focusing on your strengths, and setting goals with specific plans to achieve them. Some of this may be a little “heady” for some readers with ideas of “musical truth” and allowing your subconscious mind to guide you towards achieving your goals. Even if that’s not your cup of tea, stick it out (you will likely find something useful) and you will be rewarded later in the book. In Part Two: “Your Craft,” Adam discusses how to actually improve as a musician. He goes over the stages of artistic development, the ten areas of musical study (concepts like “what to play” and “how to play”), how to practice effectively, and how to get out of a rut. This section of the book gives a great overview of what is actually involved in mastering your musical craft. In Part Three: “Your Listeners,” Adam shares some of what makes him so great as a musician and performer. He provides practical advice on finding gigs, dealing with stage fright, and satisfying your audiences. I love what he has to say about performing music that is both inspiring to you and entertaining for your audience. If you like what Adam has to say in this book, you should absolutely check out his recordings, his successful YouTube channel, his podcast (Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty), and his online courses. He is incredibly talented at not only playing the guitar, but at arranging popular tunes for fingerstyle guitar. I personally learned so much from him through his courses and through an interview that I did with him around 5 years ago on Fret Buzz the Podcast. No guitar required while reading this book! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2024 by Joseph McMurray
    • Essential read for the serious musician
This was a great read. ‘The inner game of fingerstyle guitar’ is one of those books of which I wish was available earlier during my journey as a musician. It would have cut my learning curve and prevented me adopting some bad habits as a guitarplayer. In short, the book offers the musical wisdom that fingerstyle guitarist and teacher Adam Rafferty, and his teacher Mike Longo, picked up on their respective journeys. The title might be somewhat of a misnomer since the material that is offered is valuable to any musician. I find this book to be unique since it addresses a lot of topics that are normally not touched upon by other authors, nor dealt with by the guitar teachers I had or at least not in great depth. To name a few of those topics: intuition, backwards goal planning, visualization, how to practice, overcoming practice ruts, touch, taste, counterpoint, and the ingredients of a great melody. Furthermore, the book deals with some widespread misconceptions regarding harmony, the study of chords, and playing with feeling. The book is also filled with a lot of liberating ideas that fundamentally changed some views I had about music. Although the title might suggest a somewhat academic book, it is easy to read and the heavier subjects (such as counterpoint) are explained very clearly and down to earth. However, at one point I feel the author might briefly lose some of his readers: The section of visualization (think of the book ‘The Secret’) might be a bit too ‘out there’ for some readers. I think the author does a great job explaining this method, approaching it in a more scientific way in comparison to other authors. Some readers, however, might see ‘visualization’ as the ‘study method’ of the instant-gratification-generation: Put whatever you want on your visionboard, lay back on your sofa with one eye focused on the board, and the other on your facebook likes, and let the ‘magic’ happen. Other than that the rest of the book is valuable to any guitarplayer or musician who is serious about their music and wants to continue to improve and learn. I highly recommend this one. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020 by Frank Stroobandt
    • Good stuff...
Having played guitar for a long time, none of this was totally new, but it certainly bears revisiting. No scales or harmonic analysis here - it's all "about" playing music, much of which is never explicitly taught or mentioned amidst everything else. For example, under the "ten areas of musical study", half ("what to play") are what you might expect - harmony, melody, rhythm, etc. But the other half ("how to play") - touch, time, tone, technique, and taste are ones that I have realized really make your sound what it is (for better or worse!). I also liked the sections on how to connect with the listener - so important, and because I am an amateur/semi-pro the section on getting gigs was helpful. I've never studied with Adam (although I have a taken a master class or two with him), but I think he does a great job here on focusing on what we all love about playing music and how to harness some of that magic. Recommended. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2020 by James M. Kangas

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